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Friday, 13 June 2014

Casting

CASTING

BEN
& LAURENCE - Ben and I play ourselves in our zombie music video, These
parts were easy to cast because we're the only two people in our group and as
we both study drama, we were both confident to be in the vast majority of shots
used in the final production. As best friends in real life Ben and I suited the
roles well as we already had formed chemistry that would make the friendship in
the video realistic. We also enjoyed taking an acting role as well as taking
leadership in the production, camera work and editing side.

SCHOOL
BULLY/ZOMBIE - Brodie Grant plays the school bully turned zombie character in
our music video, despite not being in our media classes, Brodie was free a lot
of time that worked with our production schedule. Brodie suited the role well
as he managed to master 'The zombie run' which he evolved into a running
stumble. He also brought a confused personality into the zombie that completely
changed from his earlier persona of a bully. We only required an actor with the
ability to portray the character journey of a regular human turned
stereotypical mild zombie.

NEWSREADER
- The casting for the news reader was surprisingly simple. From the early draft
of our storyboard we already wanted a female so that the video wouldn't have a
predominantly male cast. When ready and prepared to film the News
scene all we had to do was ask a female friend if they would be kind
enough to spare ten minutes of their day to film. We chose Brianna Barwell
based on the fact that she was willing to participate, She had dressed smartly
on that particular day and the fact she was female suited our storyboard.

BULLY'S
FRIEND - Sasha Hedington played the Bully's friend in the few shots during the
beginning stand off. The only requirement needed for this role was that the
height of the actor roughly matched Brodie's so that their faces would be level
in the mid shot that was used.

DEAD
GIRL - This was the easiest part to cast as all the actress had to do was lay
on the floor whilst Brodie pretended to be eating her. Chelsey Vincent played
this part.